Call for Proposals (due February 5)
We invite paper, panel, and roundtable proposals on theoretical, critical, or pedagogical approaches to works produced since 1988. We are especially interested in proposals that address the work of featured novelists Alice Randall and Mat Johnson. Proposals focusing on satire, transnationalism, cosmopolitanism, or any of the topics listed below are also welcomed. Selected essays will once again be edited for publication.
Aesthetic Frameworks or Models
Comedy
Music
Detective Fiction
Ethics
Hip-Hop
Literature and American Legal Discourse
LGBT Novels
Popular Fiction
[Re]constructions of Race and/or Gender
Revisioning Oral Traditions
Revisioning Signifying Practice
Sexuality
Speculative Fiction
Urban Experience Novels
Submit carefully written abstracts (300 words) via e-mail attachment to: AfAmLit@outreach.psu.edu. Make sure to complete identification—with names, institution name, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. Deadline for submission is February 5, 2009. During March 2009 you will receive e-mail notification regarding abstract acceptance. Important note: Persons whose abstracts are accepted should register for the conference by August 15, 2009.
Questions regarding proposals should be sent to:
Lovalerie King
Department of English
The Pennsylvania State University
E-mail: luk13@psu.edu
Conference Web site: http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/AfAmNovel
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